My friend Chandan called me yesterday and told me the challenges he faces after he was fired from his job. He was doing well in customer support but laid off in the company's restructuring exercise. Now, he is not getting any calls and hence was quite depressed. I explained to him about so many career choices available these days. Those like video editors, YouTubers, internet marketers, and so, asked him to pick some new skills on the technical and mindset front. He didn't seem excited and went on ranting about all the problems in life, blaming his parents and everyone around him. I just kept quiet, listened to him, and finally said, "do let me know if I can be of help". This incident reminded me of the man's lovely story in a remote town. I love it because it's the story of your life. And mine. And everyone else's. It seems the man was an honest, hard-working who never hurt a fly. Pleased with his excellent work, a fairy magically appeared before him an...
𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 "𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 (𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟲𝟬%) 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲? I was surprised to read this report from NCBI that a simple lack of "crucial conversation" skills can lead to Divorce. But then I recalled my relationship with my spouse. A few years back, we didn't talk for 5-6 days after the conflict, and it used to happen almost every second month. And it continued for around eight years of our marriage. We were dragging, but we were sure that this relationship is not going to last, at the back of the mind. In our country, very few of us are ready to bear the hassles of Divorce, hence the percentage of paper divorce may be less, but a large part of the population has divorced mentally. I have seen this in my close family and friends circle. 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂? 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁, 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹...